[For 3-year-olds] Perfect January Winter & New Year Crafts! A Collection of Fun, Hands-On Ideas

On the wall too! Good-luck-cleansing daruma

[Origami New Year] “Bad-Luck-Clearing Daruma” New Year’s decoration, handmade wall decoration, origami, preschool craft, senior care recreation — How to make a Japanese Daruma

Let’s make a lucky, misfortune-warding Daruma.

Cut slits into a toilet paper roll core as close as possible, then attach several kinds of thinly cut origami or colored tape.

Create the Daruma’s face at the top.

You can change the expression and the Daruma’s color as you like.

Once it’s shaped into a cylinder, round off the corners to form the Daruma’s silhouette.

Finally, stagger the slit sections to create a stepped effect, and it’s done.

It’s perfect for New Year’s—give making a Daruma a try!

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Fukuwarai made with origami

How to fold an Okame (Fukuwarai) with origami [New Year’s game]

Fukuwarai is a game where a blindfolded person places eyes, a nose, and other facial parts onto a picture that only shows the outline of a face.

It used to be a New Year’s pastime, but it seems chances to play it have been decreasing recently.

A Fukuwarai set featuring an Okame face made from origami might be a more casual way to enjoy it.

Use black origami paper, crease it first, and then fold the Okame.

The black side of the origami becomes Okame’s hair, and the white side is the face.

Have the children freely draw the facial features with pens or other tools.

Of course, making separate facial parts and gluing them on will also look great.

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3D origami Daruma doll

Origami 3D Daruma

Let’s make a daruma doll—an auspicious charm—using origami.

Prepare origami paper, round stickers, a felt pen, and glue.

Open the origami paper and make firm creases into squares and triangles.

As you fold, tuck the paper in while creating rounded volume overall.

When folding the layers in, straighten the tips and shift them slightly as you make careful folds; this will help you create a nicely rounded daruma shape.

Fold the eyes from a separate piece of origami paper, then use black-colored round stickers to represent the eyes and eyebrows.

Attach them to the body to finish.

Try changing the color of the origami paper to make daruma dolls in various colors!

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Let’s display the first-calligraphy daruma.

[Wall Decorations] 'Lucky Daruma' New Year Decoration – Crafting, Handmade, Origami Decoration, First Day of Spring Decoration, Preschool Craft, Elderly Care Recreation – How to Make a Japanese Daruma

Perfect for the New Year! Let’s try a craft idea for making a daruma.

In this idea, you’ll cut the body, the face base, and the whiskers from construction paper, then use a brush and ink to draw the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth.

You might usually use crayons and not be very familiar with brushes, but think of it like your first calligraphy of the year and draw freely.

Once you’ve finished the expression, attach the whiskers on both sides and glue them to the body.

Then take a strip of gold origami paper, join the two ends to make a teardrop shape, stick it on the body as a decorative pattern, and you’re done!

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Make a stylish snowman!

[Winter Bulletin Board] Stylish Snowman Craft by Preschool Teachers (for 4-year-olds)

We usually imagine snowmen as pure white, but let’s get creative and turn them into stylish art.

First, fold a sheet of white origami paper and make several cuts.

The key is to cut it so that when you unfold the paper, it forms a round shape.

You’ll get a circular shape with beautiful patterns.

Children will be excited to see how the snowman’s pattern changes depending on where they cut.

Use the patterned cutouts to make the snowman.

If you stick it onto black cardstock, you’ll have a lovely winter craft.

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Handmade crafts for New Year’s games

Let me show you how to make a battledore and shuttlecock for the classic New Year’s game hanetsuki.

You’ll make the battledore from a milk carton and a pair of chopsticks, and the shuttlecock from tissue paper and aluminum foil.

First, cut off the bottom of the milk carton to make it a rectangle, then cut a strip about 2 cm wide along the side near the former bottom.

Using the creases on both sides, fold the milk carton flat and secure it with tape.

Trim off both corners on the drinking-spout side to create the striking surface.

Next, fold the 2 cm strip you cut earlier in half, sandwich the chopsticks inside, and attach it as a handle.

For the shuttlecock, stack several sheets of tissue paper, shape them into a rectangle, twist one end to form the base, and shape the rest into feathers.

Make three of these, then wrap the twisted bases together with aluminum foil to finish.

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For New Year decorations! Mini kadomatsu

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Let me share a handmade idea for a mini kadomatsu you can make with simple steps.

In this idea, you’ll make a kadomatsu, a folding fan, plum blossoms, and red-and-white gohei from origami or construction paper, attach them to bamboo skewers, and create decorative parts.

Then place floral foam in a cup of your choice, insert the skewers, and arrange the parts for good balance.

Finally, fill any gaps with crumpled flower cores to finish.

If the bamboo skewers are too long, it’s best to cut them; however, they’re hard to cut with scissors, so prepare skewers that have been cut to an appropriate length in advance.

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